Curved shower curtain rod

ABSTRACT

The curved shower curtain rod is just like a straight curtain rod except the curved shower curtain rod has two ends bent 70 degree. So, the end points of the whole rod assembly are at the middle of the tub, unlike that of the straight rod which end points are near the outside of the tub. The curtain of the curved shower curtain rod encloses the tub very well. It eliminate water spilling onto the floor when one is taking shower. It will take only less than a minute to assemble or disassemble the unit. No tool is needed during the assembly. The rod supports itself. No screw, glue, nail or anything else is needed.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

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STATEMENT OF FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH/DEVELOPMENT

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REFERENCE TO A SEQUENCE LISTING

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BACKGROUND OF INVENTION

[0004] In early days, in rich family homes, bathtubs were placed in themiddle of the room. Shower curtains ran around the entire tub on curtainrods that hanged from the ceiling.

[0005] In this modern time, bathtubs are placed in one small room and itis surrounded by 3 walls. This leaves only one side of the tub to becurtained. Curtains are hanged on straight curtain rods that are mountedbetween the opposite walls either by the rod itself that is selfsupporting by pushing itself hard against the wall or using socketmounts on both ends that are screwed to the wall.

[0006] Straight curtain rods are mounted along the outside end of thebath tub. The curtain ends, that are very close to the outside of thetub do not stop water from spilling onto the floor when one is takingshower. It would have been better if these curtain ends are deeperinside the tub, to the middle of the tub as an example. The curtain endswill act like shield and the problem of water spilling onto the floorwill be greatly reduced.

[0007] The curved shower curtain rod is straight in the middle butcurved at both ends. The middle of the curtain rod is still along theoutside edge of the tub. The ends curve towards inside to the middle ofthe tub.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF INVENTION

[0008] The Curved Shower Curtain Rod is just like a straight curtainrod. The only difference is that the curtain rod ends of the former arebent 70 degrees. This make the curtain of the curved shower rod enclosethe tub very much more than the straight rod which curtain ends areclose to the outside of the tub.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0010] The Curve Shower Curtain Rod is straight in the middle but bothends are curved by an angle of 70 degrees.

[0011] It's made of three major parts, the rod shown in FIG. 1, theconnector, shown in FIG. 2 and and the base, shown in FIGS. 3, 4, and 5in different angles.

[0012] The rod is made of Aluminum tube, 1″ diameter, 0.035″ thick, 24″long as shown in FIG. 1, item 1, which is the center piece of the rod.The curtain rod ends, items 2 of FIG. 1 are made of same material asitem 1, but bent with 12″ radius tube bender, starting from 4″ from oneend, and stop at 6″ before the other end, making a 70 degree bend.

[0013] The connector, item 4 of FIG. 2, is to connect the center pieceto the angled rod. The connector is made of solid wood, 1″ diameter, 4inches long, as shown in FIG. 2, item 3. This is cut to item 4 of FIG.2, which is now the connector itself.

[0014] The connector is tightly fitted into the straight rod, by heatingthe tube ends and inserting the bigger side of the connector into thetube. When the tube cools down, the connector is tightly fitted in thestraight rod.

[0015] Another major piece of the Curve Shower Curtain Rod is the base.It is made from a solid wood, with side view of the shape shown in FIG.3, item 5. A 1{fraction (1/64)}″ hole is drilled from the high side asshown by the front view in FIG. 4. The hole is drilled an an angle of 20degree in reference to the bottom of the base, to the other end as shownin FIG. 5, which is the front view of the lower side. The bottom of thebase is provided with 2½″ long metal pins, items 6 and 7, in thepositions shown in FIGS. 3, 4 and 5. A 1″ long pin, is screwed into thebase, until ½″ is left out.

[0016] The assembly of the rod is shown in FIG. 6, bounded by thebathroom walls, item 8. Shown are 3 separated parts. The center piece isthe straight rod with connectors already in it. The other two are thecurved ends, whose longer side, the 6″ straight section, are alreadyinserted through the base. The 3 separated pieces can be reduced to twoseparated pieces by assembling only one curved rod with the centerpiece, that is inserting item 4 into item 2 of FIG. 6.

[0017] To complete the assembly of the two separate pieces, only oneperson is needed. But holes on the walls are needed to plug into thepins of the bases. Insert the pins of the bases into correspondingholes. Assemble the two pieces together by pulling back the curved roduntil its' other end has the connector, item 4, inside. After theassembly, pull the rod assembly away from the tub. This will create apressure pressing on the bases against the wall. As the rod assembly ispulled away, the overall length of the rod between the bases increases.As it increases, it also increases the pressure on the base and thetension along the rod. The rod will support itself in that condition. Todisassemble the rod, just push back the assembly towards the tub untilitem 4 comes off item 2.

I claim: 1.0 The whole curtain rod assembly as one, as described in thisspecification. 2.0 The curved end section of the rod, as described here,shown as item 2 of FIG.
 1. 3.0 The base as described here, shown indifferent angles in FIGS. 3, 4 and
 5. 4.0 The connector as describehere, shown as item 4 in FIG. 2 5.0 The straight piece of the rod withconnectors already inserted into it, as shown in FIG. 6, items 1 and 4.